France · Haute couture; Pattern craft; Paris heritage
Patronage et Toile de Haute Couture
The making of the toile — the first muslin prototype from which the haute couture pattern is developed — by moulage (draping directly on the dress form) or flat patternmaking. Paris haute couture toile-making is distinguished from industrial pattern-making by the fact that the toile is adjusted on a live model (the house's première mannequin, whose measurements define the couture standard) rather than on a generic form. The première d'atelier reads the toile on the body by observing the grain line behavior — how the fabric falls — and adjusts the pattern until every seam lies perfectly parallel to the floor.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not listed; Haute Couture designation regulated by the Chambre Syndicale
The making of txakoli — the sharp, slightly sparkling, low-alcohol white wine of the Basque Country — from the Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng grape varieties grown on the steep Atlantic-facing slopes around Irouléguy.
The making of the chistera — the curved wicker basket glove used in jai alai (cesta punta) — and the hand-sewn leather pilota ball used in all Basque pelota disciplines.
The pressing of walnut oil from Périgord walnuts (Juglans regia — AOP Noix du Périgord) in traditional stone-mill operations.
Dry-cured ham from the Adour basin, salted exclusively with sel de Bayonne (Adour salt), air-dried in the Pyrenean winds for 7 months minimum.
The cultivation and harvesting of the black Périgord truffle (Tuber melanosporum) — the 'black diamond' of French gastronomy.
The hand-harvesting of cork bark from cork oak (Quercus suber) in the Landes de Gascogne — the northernmost cork oak zone in France.
Kasuti is the traditional embroidery of Karnataka, practiced by women of the Lingayat community of northern Karnataka (Dharwad, Hubli, Gadag districts) on silk or cotton fabric, using a counted thread technique with fine cotton or silk…
Bangladeshi jori (জরি) is the gold and silver metal thread embroidery tradition practiced on Rajshahi silk base — distinct from Indian zari in working on the specific Rajshahi silk surface with its characteristic slight irregularity, which…
The Kashubian embroidery tradition of the Pomeranian lake district — the distinctive blue, yellow, red, and black folk embroidery of the Kashubian people, whose characteristic floral vocabulary (tulips, roses, forget-me-nots) is executed…
Nakshi kantha (নকশী কাঁথা — 'patterned kantha') is the pictorial narrative variant of kantha (CRAFT-0627) — distinguished from ordinary kantha by the deliberate composition of figurative scenes drawn from Hindu mythology, rural Bengali…
The Bobowa bobbin lace tradition of Lesser Poland — one of two major Polish bobbin lace traditions (the other being Koniakow needle lace CRAFT-1372), using multiple bobbins to create the characteristic delicate white lace motifs of the…
PARTIAL RECORD BY DESIGN. This record documents only the publicly exhibited, gallery-shown dimension of a craft tradition rooted in the material culture of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion of Yoruba origin centered in Salvador, Bahia.